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Toronto: ’12 Years a Slave’ Leaves Another Festival Audience Shaken
Toronto: ’12 Years a Slave’ Leaves Another Festival Audience Shaken
Steve McQueen’s “12 Years a Slave” came to Toronto on Friday night, and it left audiences in the same state they were in after it screened inTelluride last week: drained, shaken and on their feet cheering.
In the Q&A that followed the screening, McQueen responded succinctly to the question of why he chose to tackle a subject that hasn’t been covered in many serious films.
“It was a no-brainer,” said the British director, whose previous films were “Hunger” and “Shame.” “I just wanted to see … that history, that story on film. It was important and obvious. It’s that simple.”
Added Brad Pitt, who appears in the film and also served as one of the producers through his Plan B production company, “Steve is the first to ask the big question — why have there not been more films about the American history of slavery? It was the big question, and it took a Brit to ask it.”
suggested reading:
http://movies.yahoo.com/news/toronto-12-years-slave-leaves-another-festival-audience-071244309.html
Toronto: ’12 Years a Slave’ Leaves Another Festival Audience Shaken
Toronto: ’12 Years a Slave’ Leaves Another Festival Audience Shaken
Steve McQueen’s “12 Years a Slave” came to Toronto on Friday night, and it left audiences in the same state they were in after it screened inTelluride last week: drained, shaken and on their feet cheering.
In the Q&A that followed the screening, McQueen responded succinctly to the question of why he chose to tackle a subject that hasn’t been covered in many serious films.
“It was a no-brainer,” said the British director, whose previous films were “Hunger” and “Shame.” “I just wanted to see … that history, that story on film. It was important and obvious. It’s that simple.”
Added Brad Pitt, who appears in the film and also served as one of the producers through his Plan B production company, “Steve is the first to ask the big question — why have there not been more films about the American history of slavery? It was the big question, and it took a Brit to ask it.”
suggested reading:
http://movies.yahoo.com/news/toronto-12-years-slave-leaves-another-festival-audience-071244309.html